SUMMER READING LIST 2015
Kindergarten:
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith
Viorst
Big Red Lollipop by Rukhsana Khan
Creepy Carrots! By Aaron Reynolds
The Dark by Leomony Snicket
The Day the Crayons Quilt by Drew Daywalt
Shark Vs. Train by Cris Barton
I Want My Hat Back by John Klassen
Take Me Out to the Yakyu by Aaron Meshon
This is Not My Hat by Jon Klassen
Graphic Novels:
Ball by Mary Sullivan
Owly, Vol. 1: The Way Home & The Bittersweet Summer by Andy Runton
First Grade:
Fiction:
Locomotive by Brian Floca
Lulu and the Brontosaurus by Judith Viorst
Mr. Tiger Goes Wild by Peter Brown
Non-Fiction:
Best Foot Forward by Ingo Arndt
Flight of the Honeybee by Rayman Huber
Ball Park Mysteries:
The Pinstripe Ghost by David A. Kelly (also a Series of books)
Series:
Henry & Mudge by Cynthia Rylant
Elephant & Piggie by Mo Willems
Graphic Novels:
The Adventures of Ook and Gluk: Kung-Fu Caveman From the Future by
George Beard and Harold Hutchins (Dav Pilkey).
Binky to the Rescue by Ashley Spires
Second Grade:
Non-Fiction:
No Monkeys, No Chocolate by Melissa Stewart:Alen M. Young
Biography:
Who is Jane Goodall? by Roberta Edwards
Who Was Albert Einstein? By Jess M. Braillier
Who Was Walt Disney? By Whitney Stewart
Mysteries Series:
Captial Mysteries by Ron Roy
Hardy Boys & Nancy Drew
Other Series:
Victory School Superstars
Underworld by Tony Abbott
Graphic Novels:
Lunch Lady and the Bake Sale Bandit by Jarrett Krosoczka
Lost and Found, Three by Tan Shaun by Tan Shaun
Binky: License to Scratch (Binky Adventure) by Ashley Spires
Third Grade:
Fiction:
Bad Magic by Pseudonymous Bosch
Chocolate Fever by Robert Smith
Alvin Ho by Lenore Look
Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl
Phoebe the Spy by Judith Berry Griffin
Poetry:
A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
Dark Emperor & other Poems of the Night by Joyce Sidman
Humor:
The Best School Year Ever by Barbara Robinson
Flora & Ulysses by Kate Dicamillo
Freckle Juice by Judy Blume
Series:
Beverly Cleary Books
Non-Fiction:
Beyond the Solar System by Mary Kay
Eruption by Elizabeth Rusch Carson
Graphic Novels:
BONE #1: Out from Boneville by Jeff Smith
Bad Island by Doug Tennapel
Babymouse #1: Queen of the World! by Jennifer Holm and Matthew
Holm
Fourth Grade:
Fiction:
Riding Freedom by Pam Munoz Ryan
The Fourteenth Goldfish by Jennifer L. Holm
The Black Stallion by Walter Farley
The Penderwichs by Jeanne Birdsall
Non-Fiction:
Amelia Lost by Candace Fleming
We are the Shop by Kadir Nelson
Fantasy:
The city of Ember Jeanne DuPrau
Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
Mystery:
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
The Candymakers by Wendy Mass
Graphic Novels:
Cardboard by Doug Tennapel
Explorer: The Mystery Boxes by Kazu Kibuishi
Copper by Kazu Kibuishi
Pride and Prejudice (Marvel Classics) by Nancy Butler and Hugo
Petrus
Fifth Grade:
Fiction:
Rules by Cynthia Lord
Counting by 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan
Jacob and I have Loved by Katherine Paterson
Non-Fiction:
Ballpark by Lynn Curlee
Breaking Through by Francisco Jimenez
Wonder by RJ Palacio
Historical Fiction:
Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata
Adventure:
The Call of the Wild by Jack London
The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Wyss
Sports:
Game Changers by Mike Lupia
Fantasy:
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Humor:
Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos
Mystery:
The sixty-Eight Rooms by Marianne Malone
Graphic Novels:
Page by Paige by Laura Lee Gulledge
The Odyssey by Gareth Hinds
Sisters by Raina Telgemeier
American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang